Biomedical waste management has been a serious environmental issue the country has been facing for quite a long time now. The issue has been hitting the headlines for the last some decades as there ...

Wastes from hospitals, laboratories, human and animal clinics are considered hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Non-hazardous includes beddings, linens, bandages, and even waste from the kitchen. In ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The CSIR–National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR–NIST) has entered into a ...

The Bloodborne Pathogens Control Program is designed to minimize personal exposure to bloodborne pathogens. These guidelines describe precautions that must be taken by Bates College personnel whose ...

The crisis at RN Cooper Municipal General Hospital stretched into its third day as untreated biomedical waste piled up in the hospital’s backyard, and sanitation inside the wards collapsed due to ...

The court had, in February, ordered the deputy commissioners of all districts to inform about the status of biomedical waste disposal mechanisms in their respective areas. A division bench of Chief ...